Even though he played in just eight games before a groin injury, even though he has been suspended indefinitely for using a banned substance, and even though he likely won’t play again for either the Seahawks or any other NFL team, Brandon Browner reportedly got paid for Seattle’s playoff games and will receive a Super Bowl ring.

Brandon Browner. (Lindsey Wasson/seattlepi.com)

An original member of the Legion of Boom and an integral part of the team’s rise in the past three seasons, Browner got a check for $131,000 after the Seahawks won the Super Bowl, according to NBC’s Pro Football Talk. About $44,000 of that was for Seattle’s appearance in the NFC Championship game and $97,00 was for the Big Game in New Jersey.

As PFT’s Mike Florio explained Saturday, Browner was entitled to compensation under the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, despite his placement on the injured reserve, because he played in at least eight games in the regular season.

Browner will also receive a Super Bowl ring for the Seahawks’ 43-8 victory over the Denver Broncos on Feb. 2, even though he wasn’t present in East Rutherford, N.J. The team, not the NFL, decides who receives Super Bowl rings.

There is next to no chance Browner will return to the field for Seattle in 2014, as his indefinite suspension began in just December. A Pro Bowler in 2011, his rookie season after four years in the Canadian Football League, Browner will be able to apply for reinstatement one year after the beginning of his suspension.